Article: Parrish book is a treasure.

Byline: Leslie Hindman

Q. I am enclosing pictures of a children's book I acquired in the late 1980s. I was told that the book would be worth more if I took it apart and sold the prints separately, but I have no intention of dismantling this treasure. What is its value?

_Carol DeDona, Lincolnshire, Ill.

A. Your book is "The Knave of Hearts" by Louise Saunders. It was first published in 1925, although you have a slightly later printing. No matter. It is still worth a lot, because it was illustrated by the American artist Maxfield Parrish.

Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966) was the most popular American artist of the first half of the 20th ...

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